Australia have kept their bowling options wide open for India tour
Ravichandran Ashwin becomes leading wicket-taker in Border-Gavaskar Trophy history
Smith ruled out; Cummins, Warner rested for white-ball tour.
Images from Day 1 of the third Ashes Test between England and Australia at Headingley in Leeds on Thursday.
Carey said selectors had not spoken to him about playing beyond the first two Tests.
IMAGES from Day 5 of the 5th Ashes Test played between England and Australia at The Oval, London, on Sunday.
Images from Day 1 of the third Test played between India and Australia at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on Wednesday
Skipper Rohit Sharma would fancy a perfect culmination to Indian team's World Cup preparations as hosts eye a rare clean sweep of Australia in the third and final ODI in Rajkot on Wednesday.
Jhye Richardson will replace injured paceman Josh Hazlewood but opener David Warner has been cleared to play against England in the second day-night Ashes Test.
K L Rahul struck an unbeaten 75 to anchor their nervy chase against Australia in a low-scoring contest and secure a five-wicket win in the opening one-day international.
As much as Ishan Kishan has done his bit, India will need Iyer, the proverbial slayer of spin bowling in the middle overs during the World Cup.
India will be hoping to pull off a miracle on Sunday by surviving Australia's relentless bowling onslaught.
Visitors Australia handed India a 21-run defeat in the decider at the MA Chidambaram Stadium to clinch a 2-1 win over the hosts.
Images from Day 1 of the fifth and final Ashes Test between England and Australia at The Oval in London on Thursday.
David Warner slogged his way to his third double-hundred from 254 balls before succumbing to cramps and limping off with the aid of a trainer.
Images from Day 2 of the second Ashes between England and Australia at Lord's in London on Thursday.
Glimpses from Day 3 of the second Test between India and Australia at the Arun Jaitley stadium in Delhi, February 19, 2023.
Mitchell Starc and Adam Zampa collected three wickets apiece in Australia's eight-wicket demolition of Zimbabwe on Wednesday, giving the home side an unassailable 2-0 series lead from the second One-Day International at Riverway Stadium in Townsville.
Babar smashed an unbeaten 105 and opener Imam-ul-Haq made 89 not out
Australia are on the cusp of a series victory in Sri Lanka and captain Pat Cummins believes the exposure to sub-continental conditions augurs well for their next big target of winning a Test series in India next year.
Ravichandran Ashwin tore through Australia in their second innings to set up a comprehensive victory for India by an innings and 132 runs inside three days of the spin-dominated opening Test.
IMAGES from Day 2 of the 3rd Test played between India and Australia in Indore on Thursday.
Tim Paine is stepping away from cricket for an "indefinite mental health break", his manager said on Friday, leaving Australia's Ashes preparations in disarray a week after the wicketkeeper's resignation from the captaincy.
Pat Cummins produced a vicious bowling onslaught to leave India battered and bruised as Australia took a 296-run lead on day three.
Images from Day 1 of the Day-Night Tour match played in Sydney on Friday.
India would be pressing for a decisive first-innings lead in the contest when play resumes on Friday.
The four-Test Border Gavaskar Trophy that promises a lot of twists and turns, engrossing sub-plots and probably career-defining performances.
Australia took 90 minutes to complete formalities, with Michael Neser and Mitchell Starc sharing five of the last six West Indies wicket.
Before the players goes under the hammer in Chennai, here are a few batsmen who are expected to pique the interest of the franchises on Thursday.
Australia are mulling the option of bringing back Peter Handscomb to bat in the middle-order for his ability to play spin, if Cameron Green does not recover in time for their series opener against India,
A lot of focus is on how Australia will cope with the dangerous Ravichandran Ashwin on turning tracks in India.
Australian batter Usman Khawaja believes the 50-over format needs to be reduced to 40-overs-a-side game to make it more interesting in the wake of ever-growing popularity of T20 cricket.
Former captain Border felt Australia panicked and none of the batters tried to defend.
Smith said he did not regard his injury as a major issue.
India's hopes of breaking their ICC trophy drought after 2013, remained unfulfilled as Australia handed them a crushing loss at the WTC Final.
The fourth Test will be played from January 5-9 at the SCG, with Australia having retained the Ashes after winning the first three games.
Steve Smith made 105, his 12th ODI century, to help Australia overcome a sluggish start
Zampa picked up his maiden five-wicket haul in one-day internationals to help the hosts defeat New Zealand
Alex Carey is content being Australia's preferred white-ball wicketkeeper but hopes to be 'good enough' one day to break into the Test squad. His limited-overs duty has somewhat restricted his first class experience and Carey said shifting from one format to another was not easy.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the opening Ashes Test played between England and Australia at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Friday.
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